June 18
Birthdays:
1952 ~ Carol Kane (née Carolyn Laurie Kane), American actress. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio.
1952 ~ Isabella Rossellini (née Isabella Firoella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini), Italian actress and daughter of Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini. She has a twin sister, Isotta Ingrid Rossellini. She was born in Rome, Italy.
1950 ~ Mike Johanns (né Michael Owen Johanns), 28th United States Secretary of Agriculture. He served during the George W. Bush administration from January 2005 until September 2007. He subsequently became a United States Senator from Nebraska, where he served from January 2009 until January 2015. He was born in Osage, Iowa.
1949 ~ Lech Kaczyński (d. Apr. 10, 2010), President of Poland. He served as President from December 2005 until his death. He was killed in a plane crash in Russia. He was 60 years old.
1948 ~ Eliezer Halfin (d. Sept. 6, 1972), Israeli wrestler. He was killed by Palestinian terrorists in Munich during the 1972 Olympics. He was born in Riga, Latvia. He was 24 years old.
1942 ~ Roger Ebert (né Roger Joseph Ebert; d. Apr. 4, 2013), American journalist and movie critic who gave cinema a big thumbs-up. He was born in Urbana, Illinois. He died in Chicago, Illinois at age 70 following a long battle with cancer.
1942 ~ Sir Paul McCartney (né James Paul McCartney), British singer and musician, one of the founding members of the Beatles. He was born in Liverpool, United Kingdom.
1939 ~ Lou Brock (né Louis Clark Brock; d. Sept. 6, 2020), African-American professional baseball player. He was born in El Dorado, Arkansas. He died of cancer at age 81 in St. Charles, Missouri.
1932 ~ Dudley Herschback (né Dudley Robert Herschback), American chemist and recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was born in San Jose, California.
1926 ~ Tom Wicker (né Thomas Grey Wicker; d. Nov. 25, 2011), American journalist who witnessed JFK’s death. He was best known as a political reporter and columnist for the New York Times. He was born in Hamlet, North Carolina. He died in Rochester, Vermont at age 85.
1924 ~ George Mikan (né George Lawrence Mikan, Jr.; d. June 1, 2005), the Lakers legend who was basketball’s first superstar. He was known as Mr. Basketball. He was born in Joliet, Illinois. He died less than 2 weeks before his 81stbirthday in Scottsdale, Arizona.
1918 ~ Franco Modigliani (d. Sept. 25, 2003), Italian economist and recipient of the 1985 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was born in Rome, Italy. He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts at age 85.
1918 ~ Jerome Karle (né Jerome Karfunkle; d. June 6, 2013), American chemist and recipient of the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the direct analysis of crystal structures using X-ray scattering techniques. He was born in New York, New York. He died 12 days before his 95th birthday in Annandale, Virginia.
1917 ~ Richard Boone (né Richard Allen Boone; d. Jan. 10, 1981), American actor best known for his Westerns. He was born in Los Angeles, California. He died of pneumonia and throat cancer at age 63 in St. Augustine, Florida.
1915 ~ Red Adair (né Paul Neal Adair; d. Aug. 7, 2004), American oil field firefighter. He was born and died in Houston, Texas. He died at age 89.
1915 ~ Alice T. Schafer (née Alice Elizabeth Turner; d. Sept. 27, 2009), American mathematician. She was a founding member of the Association for Women in Mathematics. She was born in Richmond, Virginia. She died in Lexington, Massachusetts at age 94.
1914 ~ E.G. Marshall (né Everett Eugene Grunz; d. Aug. 24, 1998), American actor. He was born in Owatonna, Minnesota. He died at age 84 in Bedford, New York.
1913 ~ Oswald Teichmüller (né Paul Julius Oswald Teichmüller; d. Sept. 11, 1943), German mathematician. He was a member of the Nazi Party. He was killed in action in the Soviet Union during World War II. He was 30 years old.
1913 ~ Sylvia Porter (née Sylvia Field Feldman; d. June 5, 1991), American economist and journalist. She was born in Patchogue, New York. She died 13 days before her 78th birthday in Pound Ridge, New York.
1913 ~ Sammy Cahn (né Samuel Cohen; d. Jan. 15, 1993), American lyricist who wrote many songs for Broadway shows. He is also known for his winter song, Let it Snow! He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 79 in Los Angeles, California.
1913 ~ Robert Mondavi (né Robert Gerald Mondavi; d. May 16, 2008), American winemaker. He was born in Virginia, Minnesota. He died about a month before his 95th birthday in Yountville, California.
1901 ~ Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova of Russia (d. July 17, 1918), member of the Russian Royal family. She was of the House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov. She was the youngest daughter of Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia and Alexandra Feodorovna (née Alix of Hesse). She was murdered along with the rest of her family on July 17, 1918, by Bolshevik secret police. She was killed a month before her 18th birthday.
1896 ~ Philip Barry (né Philip Jerome Quinn Barry; d. Dec. 3, 1949), American playwright. He is best known for The Philadelphia Story and Holiday, both of which were made into films that starred Katherine Hepburn. He was born in Rochester, New York. He died of a heart attack at age 53 in New York, New York.
1884 ~ Édouard Daladier (d. Oct. 10, 1970), three-time Prime Minister of France. He died at age 86 in Paris, France.
1882 ~ Georgi Dimitrov (d. July 2, 1949), General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party. He was the first Communist leader of Bulgaria. He was in office from December 1946 until July 1949. He died 14 days after his 67th birthday.
1870 ~ Édouard Le Roy (né Édouard Louis Emmanuel Le Roy; d. Nov. 10, 1954), French philosopher and mathematician. He died at age 83.
1858 ~ Andrew Forsyth (né Andrew Russell Forsyth; d. June 2, 1942), British mathematician. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He died 2 weeks before his 84thbirthday.
1857 ~ Henry Clay Folger, Jr. (d. June 11, 1930), American businessman and philanthropist and founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. He was born in New York, New York. He died 7 days before his 73rd birthday in Brooklyn, New York.
1845 ~ Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (d. May 18, 1922), French physician and recipient of the 1907 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries of parasitic protozoans as causative agents of infectious diseases such as malaria. He was born and died in Paris, France. He died a month before his 77th birthday.
1521 ~ Infanta Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu (d. Oct. 10, 1577), member of the Portuguese royal family. She never married and had no children. She was of the House of Aviz. She was the daughter of Manuel I, King Portugal and Eleanor of Austria. She died at age 56.
1318 ~ Princess Eleanor of Woodstock (d. Apr. 22, 1355), member of the English royal family. She became the Duchess consort of Guelders upon her marriage in 1332 to Reginald II, Duke of Guelders (1295 ~ 1343). She was his second wife. She was of the House of Plantagenet. She was the daughter of Edward II, King of England and Isabella of France. She was named after her paternal grandmother, Eleanor of England. She was born on what would have been her grandmother’s 49th birthday. She died at age 36.
1294 ~ Charles IV, King of France (d. Feb. 1, 1328). He was King from January 1322 until his death in February 1328. He had three wives, but no surviving sons. His first wife was Blanche of Burgundy (1296 ~ 1326). They married in 1308. This marriage was annulled in 1322. Soon after the annulment, he married Marie of Luxembourg (1304 ~ 1324). She died in childbirth. His third marriage was to Joan of Évreux (1310 ~ 1371). He was the 15th and last king in the direct line of the House of Capet. He was the son of Philip IV, King of France and Joan I, Queen of Navarre. He died at age 33.
1269 ~ Princess Eleanor of England (d. Aug. 29, 1298), member of the English royal family. She was Countess consort of Bar and wife of Henry III, Count of Bar (1259 ~ 1302). She was of the House of Plantagenet. She was the daughter of Edward I, King of England and Eleanor of Castile. She died at age 29.
Events that Changed the World:
2023 ~ Father’s Day in the United States.
2018 ~ Osaka, Japan was hit by a 6.1 magnitude earthquake.
2017 ~ Father’s Day in the United States.
1983 ~ Astronaut Sally Ride (1951 ~ 2012) became the first American woman in space with the launch of the Challenger.
1979 ~ The United States and the Soviet Union signed the SALT II (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) treaty.
1953 ~ The Egyptian Revolution of 1952 ended with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
1940 ~ Winston Churchill (1874 ~ 1965) gave his “Finest Hour” speech to the British House of Commons.
1928 ~ Amelia Earhart (1897 ~ 1937) became the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean. She was a passenger at the time.
1923 ~ The first taxies, owned by Checker Taxi, began appearing on the streets of New York City.
1900 ~ The Empress Dowager Cixi of China (1868 ~ 1913) ordered all foreigners, including diplomats and their families, to be killed.
1873 ~ Susan B. Anthony (1820 ~ 1906) was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
1815 ~ Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in Belgium.
1812 ~ The United States Congress declared war on the United Kingdom, initiating its involvement in the War of 1812.
1633 ~ Charles I (1600 ~ 1649) was crowned King of Scots.
1429 ~ Under the leadership of Joan of Arc (1412 ~ 1431), French forces defeated the main English army under Sir John Fastolf (1380 ~ 1459) at the Battle of Patay. This was a turning point in the Hundred Year’s War.
Good-Byes:
2022 ~ Mark Shields (né Mark Stephen Shields; b. May 25, 1937), American political pundit who argued cordially for liberalism. He worked in leadership positions in many Democratic candidates’ electoral campaigns. He was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He died in Chevy Chase, Maryland just 24 days after his 85th birthday.
2020 ~ Barbara Costikyan (née Barbara Virginia Fatt; b. Dec. 25, 1928), American food critic for New York magazine. She wrote about the city’s low-budget, high-quality restaurants and offered advice on how to troubleshoot kitchen problems, such is if your oven breaks on the day of a party. She was born and died in New York, New York. She died of Covid-19 at age 91.
2015 ~ Ralph Roberts (né Ralph Joel Roberts; b. Mar. 13, 1920), American businessman and co-founder of Comcast Communications. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 95 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2015 ~ Jack Rollins (né Jacob Rabinowitz; b. Mar. 23, 1915), American talent spotter who discovered comic greats. His first major success came in the 1950s when he helped to create and promote the comedy of Nichols and Elaine May. He was born and died in New York, New York. He was 100 years old.
2014 ~ Stephanie Kwolek (née Stephanie Louise Kwolek; b. July 31, 1923), American chemist and inventor of Kevlar. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She died at age 90 in Talleyville, Delaware.
2013 ~ Michael Hastings (né Michael Mahon Hastings; b. Jan. 28, 1980), journalist whose article on General Stanley McCrystal let to the Afghanistan Commander’s dismissal from the military. He was born in Malone, New York. He died in a car crash at age 33 in Los Angeles, California.
2011 ~ Clarence Clemmons (né Clarence Anicholas Clemmons, Jr.; b. Jan. 11, 1942), African-American saxophonist who was the Big Man who gave Springsteen soul. He was a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band. He died of a stroke at 69 years old in West Palm Beach, Florida.
2011 ~ Yelena Bonner (b. Feb. 15, 1923), Soviet human rights activist and dissident who never wavered. She was the wife of Andrei Sakharov (1921 ~ 1989). She died at age 88 in Boston, Massachusetts.
2010 ~ José Saramago (né José de Sousa Saramago; b. Nov. 16, 1922), Portuguese novelist and journalist. He was the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was 87 years old.
2008 ~ Tasha Tudor (née Starling Burgess; b. Aug. 28, 1915), American author and illustrator. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Marlboro, Vermont. She was 92 years old.
2007 ~ Bernard Manning (né Bernard John Manning; b. Aug. 13, 1930), British comedian. He died of a heart attack at age 76.
2005 ~ Manuel Sadosky (b. Apr. 13, 1914), Argentine mathematician. His family was originally from Russia but fled to Argentina to escape the pogroms. He was born and died in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died at age 91.
2000 ~ Nancy Marchand (b. June 19, 1928), American actress. She is best known for her roles as Margaret Pynchon on the television drama Lou Grant, and Livia Soprano on The Sopranos. She was born in Buffalo, New York. She died of lung cancer 1 day before her 72nd birthday. In Stratford, California.
1992 ~ Peter Allen (né Peter Richard Woolnough; b. Feb. 10, 1944), Australian singer and songwriter, and first husband of Liza Minelli. He died of AIDS at age 48 in San Diego, California.
1992 ~ Mordecai Ardon (né Max Bronstein; b. July 13, 1896), Israeli painter. He died less than a month before his 96thbirthday in Jerusalem, Israel.
1989 ~ I.F. Stone, (né Isidor Feinstein Stone; b. Dec. 24, 1907), American investigative journalist and writer. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died of myocardial infarction at age 81 in Boston, Massachusetts.
1982 ~ John Cheever (né John William Cheever; b. May 27, 1912), American author. He was born in Quincy, Massachusetts. He died of cancer about 3 weeks after his 70th birthday in Ossining, New York.
1980 ~ Kazimierz Kuratowski (b. Feb. 2, 1896), Polish mathematician and logician. He was born in Warsaw, Poland. He died at age 84.
1974 ~ Júlio César de Mello e Souza (b. May 6, 1895), Brazilian mathematician. He was also a novelist. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He died of a heart attack at age 79 in Recife, Brazil.
1971 ~ Paul Karrer (b. Apr. 21, 1889), Swiss organic chemist and recipient of the 1937 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on vitamins. He was born in Moscow, Russia. He died at age 82.
1959 ~ Ethel Barrymore (née Ethel Mae Blythe; b. Aug. 15, 1879), American actress. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She died of cardiovascular disease at age 79 in Los Angeles, California.
1944 ~ Lilli Jahn (née Lilli Schlüchterer; b. Mar. 5, 1900), German-Jewish physician. She perished in the Breitenau concentration camp during World War II. She became known following the posthumous publication of her letters to her children in which she described the conditions of her imprisonment in the concentration camp. She was born in Cologne, Germany. She was murdered at age 44.
1937 ~ Gaston Doumergue (b. Aug. 1, 1836), President of France from June 1924 until June 1931. He died at age 73.
1936 ~ Maxim Gorky (né Alexei Maximovich Peshkov; b. Mar. 28, 1868), Russian author. His birthday is sometimes shown in accordance with the Julian calendar, which would be March 16. He died at age 68 years old in Moscow, Russia.
1928 ~ Roald Amundsen (b. July 16, 1872), Norwegian explorer who is credited with leading the first expedition to reach the South Pole. He died about a month before his 56th birthday when the plane he was flying on a rescue mission over the Artic presumably crashed. The bodies of those in the plane were never found.
1917 ~ Titu Maiorescu (b. Feb. 15, 1840), Prime Minister of Romania. He served as Prime Minister from March 1913 until December 1913. He died at age 77 in Bucharest, Romania.
1902 ~ Samuel Butler (b. Dec. 4, 1835), English author and poet. He died at age 66 in London, England.
1824 ~ Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. May 6, 1769). He reigned from 1790 until 1801, and again from 1814 until his death in June 1824. He was married twice. His first wife was Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily (1773 ~ 1802). They married in 1790. After her death, he married Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony (1796 ~ 1865). They married in 1921. He was of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. He was the son of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor and Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain. He was Roman Catholic. He died at age 55.
1804 ~ Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (b. Feb. 26, 1746), Duchess of Parma. She was the wife of Ferdinand, Duke of Parma (1751 ~ 1802). They married in 1769. She was of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. She was the daughter of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress. She was Roman Catholic. She died at age 58.
1739 ~ Charles Frederick of Sweden, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (b. Apr. 30, 1700), member of the Swedish royal family. In 1725, he married Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (1708 ~ 1728). They were the parents of Peter III, Tsar of Russia. He was of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp. He was the son of Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and Princess Hedvig Sophia of Sweden. He died at age 39.
1673 ~ Jeanne Mance (b. Nov. 12, 1606), French-Canadian nurse and founder of the Hôtel-Dieu do Montréal. She died at age 66 in what is now Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
1464 ~ Rogier van der Weyden (b. 1400), Flemish painter. The actual date of his birth is unknown.
1297 ~ Judith of Habsburg (b. Mar. 13, 1271), Queen consort of Bohemia and first wife of Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271 ~ 1305). They married in 1285. She was of the House of Habsburg. She was the youngest daughter of Rudolf I, King of Germany and Gertrude of Hohenberg. She died at age 26, shortly after giving birth to her 10th child.
1291 ~ Alfonso III, King of Aragon (b. Nov. 4, 1265). He ruled Aragon from 1285 until his death 6 years later. He never married and had no known children. He was of the House of Barcelona. He was the son of Peter III, King of Aragon and Constance II of Sicily. He was Roman Catholic. He died at age 25.
1250 ~ Infanta Theresa of Portugal (b. 1176), Queen consort of León. She was the first wife of Alfonso IX, King of León. They married in 1191, but the marriage was annulled in 1196 on grounds of consanguinity. They had three children together. After the annulment, she retired to a convent. She was of the House of Burgundy. She was the daughter of Sancho I, King of Portugal and Dulce of Aragon. She was Roman Catholic. The date of her birth is not known, but she is believed to have been about age 73 or 74 at the time of her death.
1095 ~ Sophia of Hungary (b. 1050), member of the Árpád royal family. She was the daughter of Béla I, King of Hungary and Richeza of Poland. The exact date of her birth is not known. She is believed to have been about age 45 at the time of her death.
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